I use gloves 99.9% of the time. I haven’t yet found a downside to using gloves that has impacted me in any meaningful way, and I’m so used to the way it feels that I can’t play without them at this point.
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Yeah, I just worded it poorly tbh.
I sometimes tape my fingers, more rarely use a glove. Tape is easier for me when out and about, no need to put on a glove before throwing.
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The only downside for me is that it can be harder to perform slacks sometimes and general lowered feel overall, but I think gloves are dope.
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Happy birthday!
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I miss the old, simple, usable, aesthetically pleasing, YYE forum.
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Gloves look lame though. The word “pansy” can’t help but echo through my brain when I see a yoyoer in gloves, even if I can understand why you would want/need them (100s of practice hours, inconvenient cuts, etc). I once yoyoed less than 10 minutes after taking a bath and sliced right through the knuckle bend where I place my yoyo. Whenever I would want to yoyo for the next week or so I would have to use a band-aid. I make sure my hands are dry enough for yoyo now.
Kind of agree with this tbh. It isn’t yoyo.
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I love fingerspins but my unpopular opinion about them:
Most yoyos designed for fingerspins… are bad for fingerspin tricks!
Ok sure they might be good if you just hop it in the dimple and let it sit for 2 minutes… but so many fingerspin yoyos are actually pretty bad for hops and catches. Much smaller margin for error and if you’re off by a little it’ll spin out much quicker than a traditional flat hub.
Small flat cups are the best for fingerspin tricks. You won’t be getting 2 minutes but 15-20 seconds is still solid and they’re so much easier to do hops with
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Here’s one more: if you can’t, at the very least, appreciate everything about yo-yos (shapes, sizes, materials, responsive, unresponsive, etc.) as well as all the different styles of play, you will never truly love the sport.
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Oooh I got one: yoyoings not a sport
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I get where you’re coming from, but if you’re a player who plays fast, gloves make that so much easier. There’s certain combos that go much easier for me when I wear gloves
Idk why, but that made me think of this:
Downside to using gloves 99% of the time…You gotta have gloves with you 99% of the time if your gonna throw.
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Sure, but that’s not a downside “that has impacted me in any meaningful way”, as I was very careful to qualify earlier.
I like the concept but I’m actually not a big fan of gloves, even though I like speed 
I don’t use them for pool for either but I can use them interchangeably if I ever wanted to 
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I think gloves are used best if you’re at a yoyo contest about to compete and your hands are sweaty. Although, the only time I’ve ever competed I didn’t wear gloves
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Just to be clear, my comment wasn’t directed specifically at you.
Also, here’s a definition of the word sport:
An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
But, hey, people can call it whatever they like.
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I think it’s something different to everyone.
It’s similar to yoga for me, it’s something deeply connected and spiritual.
When I throw, I am connected to my true nature and at peace.
Others treat it more as a sport with practice and strategy. While I definitely agree it can be a sport to those think of it as such, I don’t see it that way personally.
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The most unpopular yoyo opinion is “you only need one.”
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Oh I know you weren’t responding to my previous post I was just responding to what you said
I just think we’re setting the bar super low for physical exertion if we’re calling something like yoyoing a sport. You could argue anything you do requires at least a little energy physical exertion
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Ive had this “what is a sport?” debate in the past, and one thing among many that we came to a consensus on is that a sport must have defense. It is surely up for debate, but I stick by the stance that yoyo is not a “sport”. Neither is figure skating or gymnastics. Not like I feel like calling these competitions sports or not invalidates them in any way, I just don’t classify them as being sports.
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